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WORSE THAN QUEER is not only a line from a Bikini Kill song but also the name of a little riot grrrl inspired festival that took place for the first time in January 2012 in Nuremberg, Germany. We, eve massacre and jessthreat had the idea of a compilation accompanying it - a compilation with a topic: Grrrls drinking songs.

Why the hell 'grrrls drinking songs'?
Well, first reason: there aren't enough out there. Songs about drinking together often really are about friendship but most of the time exclusively about male friendship. It's like a blind spot, as if us females of the species wouldn't do those things. We also go out together, have our fun, have a couple of alcoholic drinks. Or we sit together with a beer and have those totally profound conversations (not about boys, Mrs. Bechdel!). Or we get ourselves up into mischief together because of some silly drunk idea. Or take life on tour: all the things that happen while you're having a beer together - it really is the perfect subject for bands. So it's no surprise that there are countless songs about it but hardly any of them from a female perspective.
The other thing is that there still is some kind of taboo about women gettin drunk: A women is supposed never to get more than just a bit tipsy. If she gets too drunk to explicitly fight back when a man sexually attacks her then she gets the blame. On the other hand a man who rapes a woman in a badly drunken state often gets excused because 'he didn't know what he was doing'. That's how implicitly women get the duty never really to let go because they are always responsible for what could be done to them. Ladies, do we always have to control ourselves? Well, I think: Oh no! We have the same right to party excessively if we want to as men have.

That's just two thoughts that made us come up with the idea of a Grrrls Drinking Songs compilation.
What we rather didn't want it to be about: Glorification of the every-weekend ritual of boozing inna Ballermann / Spring Break style, until you're unconscious, until you get all ruthless, just to forget about your shitty everyday life. Our idea is: Songs about social drinking that pour a shot of hedonism into the lap of the health police.

So we sent out mails to a few bands / artists we knew and we told them it didn't have to be a masterpiece or a high-end recording but that we would be happy with all kinds of contributions - no matter, if it's a silly song or a pissed-off one, a profound one or a banal one, a punk-singalong-hymn or a sad indiefolk song, electro or hiphop - whatever! And we got 11 wonderful songs, from all kinds of genres and backgrounds - thanks so much to everyone who sent us a track! Some of them can already be found on released albums, some are exclusives - no matter what: we included links to the artists and where you can buy some of their music if you feel like supporting them. They deserve it.
This compilation is a non-profit thing, just for the grrl idea, just for the fun of it.
Now enjoy. And spread the word, would you?

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It’s summertime
So close your eyes
Eat some strawberries
And drink some cold champagne
And with closed eyes
Yield to the sweet sad pain

Cause all you have to do is stop thinking
All you have to do is stop caring
All you have to do is start drinking
And take off all the clothes you’re wearing
And all you really need now is the Ocean
For your naked body to plunge into
The cold water to cool your sunburn
And make you forget all that you’ve been through

It’s summertime
Your heart is numb
Mosquitoes feast upon your body
Your head is light
You’re kind of drunk
But the waves are now in tune
With your own heartbeat

All you have to do is stop thinking
All you have to do is stop caring
All you have to do is start drinking
And take off all the clothes you’re wearing
And all you really need now is the Ocean
For your naked body to plunge into
The cold water to cool your sunburn
And make you forget all that you’ve been through

You’ve got it all
You’ve got strawberries
You’ve got the champagne
And the beach
You’ve got the sand and the Ocean
And the sunshine
And the heat
But the one thing you don’t have
Is someone to rub sun lotion on your back

All you have to do is stop thinking
All you have to do is stop caring
All you have to do is start drinking
And take off all the clothes you’re wearing
And all you really need now is the Ocean
For your naked body to plunge into
The cold water to cool your sunburn
And make you forget all that you’ve been through

Track Name: DES ARK - Girls Get Ruff

lyrics:

Let's be swingers, let's be brothers
Let's be lovers undercover at the bar tonight
Buying drinks for one another
As we fall on top each other
In the back under the light
You look beautiful tonight
With your hair piled heavy in a halo on your head
Oh no you don't need to say it
Oh I knew it when I saw you
That you were one of us girls who get drunk
As the best way we know how to open up
I will take him home
We'll start making out before we make it to the front door
Wait for it and I swear that it will come
Now you're flashing back to the days when you were younger
Woods behind my house
Whose that man covering up our mouths

When will you understand as embarrassed as I am
When I look at the body of a man
All I see is a stock piling of weaponry

Track Name: JO SNYDER - New Start

lyrics:
I'm glad you're here and you're holding my hair up high.
I'm not gonna die, it just feels like it.
Does he care? Does he wonder why I cry? Will he ever take my side?
You say he's not worth all of this.

So fuck the show, let's get another bottle. We'll both feel better when we get some water and a second wind, and a new start.

What's left of the night is on my shoes, but the vendor's open 'till 2. You reach down and pull me up.
I look at you and say "you're hot." You toss your head and laugh out loud.
Our eyes are swimming through frozen air that doesn't feel so cold, 'cuz getting drunk with you never gets old.

Fuck the show! Let's get another bottle. We'll both feel better when we get some water and a second wind and a new start, with an old friend.

Track Name: FIRST FATAL KISS - Let's Go To The Bar

lyrics:
WE'RE EATING WITH A SPOON CALLED PHRANC
WE'RE EATING CAKE IN FETT & ZUCKER
WE'RE EATING A LOT BEFORE WE GET DRUNK

Just to look at you made me strong
You so deserve this drinking song
I wish that summer would be more than past

I was your Thelma, you my Louise
We drank away our enemies
I'd have let no one ever bruise you

Just to look at you made me strong
You so deserve this drinking song
I wish that summer would be more than past

I was your Thelma, you my Louise
We drank away our enemies
You'd have let no one ever bruise me

Track Name: VIVIAN VOID - Wednesday Night

lyrics:

does anybody know
the time we meet
it‘s so important to us
to be complete

the one who has the key
is always late
we talk about the weekend
we smoke and we wait

seven pretty people
are lying on the floor
does anybody know
what this cable is for?

does anybody know
how to tune the guitar
oh no, i forgot
the bass in the car

the noise is incredible on wednesday night
the noise is incredibly good
the week should have a lot more wednesday nights
we think it really should

hey,
are you already on your way?

would you buy
the beer for tonight?

would you buy
the beer for tonight?

would you buy
the beer for tonight?

would you buy
the beer for tonight?

Track Name: SCREAM CLUB - Drunk

Sorry for callin' and wakin' you up when we were drunk drunk drunk drunk
its just that we really like you, we think you're so cool
we want to be friends with you

Cuz you stay motivated to be creative and I've seen you in the magazines flippin through the pages like WOW
there they are
how inspiring to finally meet some real rock stars, especially being a fan for quite some time
you might have a lot of fans but they won't all write you rhymes
but i will give you something that you can remember
so call us if you ever want another couple members on your team
if you're up for a game of kick ball
cuz im just tryin to kick it with y'all
and get involved
and maybe one day we'll surf but to tell you the truth
i hate the way i look in women swim suits
but i'd do it, even if it looks outrageous
cuz i belive that magic is contageous
and i feel it all around you
see it in your faces
so i'm just trying to get back in your good graces so

Sorry for callin' and wakin' you up when we were drunk drunk drunk drunk
it's just that we really like you, we think you're so cool
we want to be friends with you

i'm the kind of friend that you need in your life
there'll be no room for doubts cause i'll always treat you right
and if we went to middle school together
we would have had charms that said best friends forever
and i'd let you wear my clothes before i'd even worn 'em
i'd pass you notes in class to keep you from boredom
plus i'd cover for you if you cut out at lunch
and i'd never leave you looking for a seat on the bus
and i'll tell you where you'll be during PE
you'll be smoking a cigarette behind the school with me
but i realize this is not 8th grade folks
but me hanging out with you is no joke
i mean why not, i'm a dj on pirate radio
i could play all your favorite songs on my show
plus i'm a tremendous speller i know a lot of words
i could help you win in scrabble for sure
so what are you waiting for
give me a try
i'm the coolest friend you'll have and i won't even lie
and besides i can promise you one important thing
the next time i get drunk you won't hear your phone ring